Pipe pellet



.Lv VEN TUR .4 WWP/V5 Y C. WYNECOOF PIPE PELLET Filed May 19, 1945 Jan.3l, 1950 Patented Jan. 31, 1950 UNITED 'STATES PATENT O F F I CE PIPEPELLET Clair Wynecoop, Wellpinit, Wash.

Application May 19, 1945, Serial No. 594,670

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to tobacco pellets and it is one object of theinvention to provide a pellet formed of tobacco of the type used inpipes; the tobacco being packed in a jacket formed of filtering materialand being of such shape and dimensions that it will t snugly in the bowlof a pipe and burn in the usual manner, the filter' serving to preventnicotine or moisture from penetrating the wood or other material fromwhich the pipe is made and causing the pipe to become strong.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tobacco pellet which hasits upper end covered by a cap formed of waxed paper, or equivalentmaterial, and serving to prevent the tobacco from drying before beingused.

Another object of the invention is to provide a tobacco pellet of suchform that a relatively large number may be packed in a container with astrip of material extending between tiers of pellets and having an upperend in such position that it may be grasped and drawn upwardly to raisethe pellets resting upon the strip so that they may be readily removedfrom the container.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved pellet.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view taken diametrically through thepellet.

Figure 3 is a sectional view showing the pellet pressed into a. pipe forsmoking.

Figure 4 is a view showing a number of the pellets packed in a containerin which they are sold.

This improved tobacco pellet, which is indi cated in general by numerall, consists of a predetermined quantity of tobacco which is mouldedunder sui'llcient pressure to form a pellet or shaped mass of tobacco 2.This pellet is packed in a jacket 3 formed of non-.burnable filtrablematerial which will absorb nicotine and prevent a pipe from becomingsoggy and strong. The filter also serves to cool smoke drawn from thebowl 4 of the pipe through the smoke passage 5 of the stem 6. The jacketor filter 3 conforms to the shape of the pipe bowl and has its bottom 'lthick and its walls gradually reduced in thickness towards its upperend. The thickened lower portion or bottom of the filter preventsnicotine and moisture from penetrating the bottom of the filter andentering the smoke passage. The pellet fits snugly into the pipe bowland when slight pressure is applied to its upper end it will be spreadand a tight t created between the pellet and the pipe. After the filteror jacket has been filled with tobacco a cap 8 formed of waxed paperwhich is air proof is applied to cover the top of the pellet and preventthe tobacco from drying and since this cap is formed with a tab 9 it maybe readily removed when the pellet is to be used.

The pellets are packed for sale in a container I0 and arranged in tiersas shown in Figure 4. A strip Il is first thrust into the container withits lower end portion resting upon the bottom of the container. A row ofpellets are then set in place upon the lower portion of the strip andthe strip folded so that it extends the pellets in covering relationthereto and another tier of pellets set in place upon the strip, thisbeing repeated until the container is lled with tiers of pelletsseparated by portions of the strip. The upper end portion of the stripoverlies the upper tier and by grasping the strip and exerting upwardpull the pellets may be lifted to a position in ,A which they may beindividually grasped and re-` moved from the container.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A tobacco pellet comprising a cup-shaped jacket formed of filteringmaterial and being open at its top and having a bottom and an annularWall, the jacket being circular in cross section and its bottom beinghemispherical and gradually decreasing in thickness from its centertowards its marginal edge portions which merge into the annular wall,the said annular wall gradually decreasing in thickness from itsjunction with the bottom to its upper end, a mass of compressed tobaccocomplete filling said jacket and having a flat upper surface flush withthe upper edge of the annular wall of the jacket, and a removable cap ofthin air moisture proof paper resting flat upon the upper surface of thetobacco and the upper edge of the annular wall of the jacket and havinga depending marginal flange fitting snugly about the annular wall inclose fitting contacting engagement therewith and provided at at a pointabout its circumference with a tab projecting outwardly from the annularwall of the jacket.

' CLAIR WYNECOOP.

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